Somali pirates captured four ships and took more than 60 crew members hostage in a brazen hijacking spree, while the American captain freed from their grip planned to reunite with his crew and fly ...

MOMBASA, Kenya - Undeterred by U.S. and French hostage rescues that killed five bandits, Somali pirates brazenly hijacked four more ships in the Gulf of Aden, the waterway at the center of the world's ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Four Americans taken hostage by Somali pirates off East Africa were shot and killed by their captors Tuesday, the U.S. military said, marking the first time U.S. citizens have ...

The high seas violence seems to be continuing as pirates make their way back to Somalia today with 7 Danish hostages--three of them children--in tow, according to the BBC. The group was captured when ...

A tragedy on the other side of the globe has been brought home as one of the four American hostages killed by Somali pirates Feb. 21 has been identified as Ballardite Bob Riggle, whose brother Jim ...

MOMBASA (Reuters) - Kenyan security forces have arrested Somali pirates in Kenyan waters for the first time, taking 11 suspected gunmen into custody after a failed attempt to hijack a fishing vessel, ...

(Reuters) - Somali Pirates on Wednesday hijacked the Russian Oil Tanker MV Moscow University 350 miles off the coast of Yemen. Here is a list of ships under the control of Somali pirates: * SOCOTRA 1: ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- A Danish couple on a round-the-world journey with their three children knew they were sailing in the world's most pirate-infested waters off East Africa. But they seemed to be ...

The Houthis assisted local Islamic terrorist groups in Somalia, Eritrea and Ethiopia. This was part of the Iranian goal to move their Houthis closer to Israeli territories. There the Houthis might be ...